Transformers 2 Toys in Production

According to "Pascal" on the Cybertron Canada's forums, one toy for Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen are now in production.

My source told me production for TF2 toys has just started! Only one toy for now, and it's leader class. Prime? Fallen? Starscream? Megatron? He doesn't know yet. The first few samples should surface sometimes in August he said... That's so early. He also said TF2 toys will be extremely difficult to obtain. We'll see, Animated samples seem to be harder and harder to find too

It is my understanding that for toys to make it to the shelves on time, they actually have to be at the production stage at least a year in advance. The final designs probably where decided a few months before so the production molds (which are expensive) can be created. In other words, not only are the toys probably in production, it wouldn't surprise me if they have been for a few weeks now as to make a May/June 2009 release date. What this means for us is possibility of design leaks in a few months to help us in figuring out what the official Transformers cast is and their alt modes are. Thanks to Kenneth for the link.